It appears, by all accounts, to be a momentous scientific achievement – and possibly a turning point in human evolution. In a study released last week, scientists at Oregon Health and Science ...

Silicon Valley and other high tech billionaires are investing millions in start-ups dedicated to creating genetically ...

Chris Knight: The film opens and closes with remarks made by biologist Robert Sinsheimer in 1966, discussing the coming age of human genetic modification You can save this article by registering for ...

What if you could screen embryos for diseases before they became babies? What if you had the power to choose the traits your baby would have? Would you use it? These practically polar opposite ...

Scientists in Britain have been given the go-ahead to edit the genes of human embryos for research, using a technique that some say could eventually be used to create "designer babies." Too early to ...

A UCLA-led study has created a map of DNA modification in two regions of the brain critical to learning, memory and emotional regulation. The map offers a benchmark for ensuring stem cell-based models ...

Humans have selectively bred animals and crops since the beginning of agriculture, but advances in biotechnology have provided genetic tools to select specific traits. First applied to animals in the ...

Three parents and one healthy baby. Britain's move to become the first country to allow mitochondrial DNA donation techniques to be used in IVF treatment, is being applauded as a way to avoid ...

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